It is what it is...

What does that really mean?:bang:

Thank you. This is on my top three annoying sayings list!

Sorry guys- I love it. To me it means stuff that you can't change so why waste the time/energy on it. The choice is adapt or lose your mind over it, so adapting is the preferred option.

Sorry guys- I love it. To me it means stuff that you can't change so why waste the time/energy on it. The choice is adapt or lose your mind over it, so adapting is the preferred option.

Me too! Maybe "accept the things I cannot change" is a more serene and less annoying way to say it. 😀 But I like the short version.

10/7: “Whatever…” Takes Top Honors as Most Annoying : Pebbles and Pundits 10/7: ?Whatever?? Takes Top Honors as Most Annoying

October 7, 2009 by Marist Poll
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If you?re like, ?whatever,? and someone gives you a mean look, just remember it is what it is ? certain sayings rub people the wrong way, you know? Anyway, at the end of the day, who cares?
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If the above paragraph thoroughly irritated you, you?re probably not alone. The question is, which word or phrase bothered you the most?

Chances are it was ?whatever.? In a recent Marist poll, nearly half of Americans ? 47% ? said they find ?whatever? most annoying. The other sayings weren?t quite so loathed. 25% say they find ?you know? most grating; 11% can?t stand ?it is what it is?; 7% would like to ban ?anyway? from all verbal exchanges; and 2% reported that they could do without hearing ?at the end of the day.?

Interestingly, if you?re traveling to the Midwest, it might be especially wise to leave your store of ?whatevers? at home. 55% of residents in that region dislike the term, while only 19% of them disapprove of ?you know.? In contrast, 35% of Northeast residents say ?whatever? is most annoying, while 32% are most bothered by ?you know.?

Oxford Researchers List Top 10 Most Annoying Phrases | Underwire | Wired.com Oxford Researchers List Top 10 Most Annoying Phrases

* By John Scott Lewinski Email Author
* November 7, 2008 |
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ExeterscarfNot all University of Oxford researchers are uptight and humorless, "irregardless" of what you might think. In fact, a bunch of them compiled a list of the Top 10 Most Irritating Expressions in the English language ? just because we needed one.

Though maybe "you could care less," the scholars in question keep track of linguistic mangling and overused buzzwords in a database called the Oxford University Corpus. The voluminous record keeps track of books, magazines, broadcast, online media and other sources, watching for new overused, tiresome phrases and retiring those that fade from use (or misuse).

The great hierarchy of verbal fatigue includes:

1 - At the end of the day
2 - Fairly unique
3 - I personally
4 - At this moment in time
5 - With all due respect
6 - Absolutely
7 - It?s a nightmare
8 - Shouldn?t of
9 - 24/7
10 - It?s not rocket science

Oxford Researchers List Top 10 Most Annoying Phrases | Underwire | Wired.com Oxford Researchers List Top 10 Most Annoying Phrases

* By John Scott Lewinski Email Author
* November 7, 2008 |
*
ExeterscarfNot all University of Oxford researchers are uptight and humorless, "irregardless" of what you might think. In fact, a bunch of them compiled a list of the Top 10 Most Irritating Expressions in the English language — just because we needed one.

Though maybe "you could care less," the scholars in question keep track of linguistic mangling and overused buzzwords in a database called the Oxford University Corpus. The voluminous record keeps track of books, magazines, broadcast, online media and other sources, watching for new overused, tiresome phrases and retiring those that fade from use (or misuse).

The great hierarchy of verbal fatigue includes:

1 - At the end of the day
2 - Fairly unique
3 - I personally
4 - At this moment in time
5 - With all due respect
6 - Absolutely
7 - It’s a nightmare
8 - Shouldn’t of
9 - 24/7
10 - It’s not rocket science

Let me be clear..:roll:

'Let me be clear' ... President Obama overuses the phrase 'Let me be clear'

oops, i forgot i was in the lounge, but let me be clear...it was a mistake.

Basically to me it means some might call manure fertilizer but it's still sheet.

my favorite is "again"...it's the ultimate eye poke of condecension

"It is what it is" is like "whatever" to me....they are basically negative, defensive statements that lack courgage to make appropriate changes or attempts to find solutiuons to things.

It means it's no longer what it was :cool:

my favorite is "again"...it's the ultimate eye poke of condecension

respectfully, I would have to agree

respectfully, I would have to agree

again.............

Sorry guys- I love it. To me it means stuff that you can't change so why waste the time/energy on it. The choice is adapt or lose your mind over it, so adapting is the preferred option.

No sorry, I had a political candidate throw it at me once and I just about went to town with them over it. That's why it bothers me;-)

A poorly timed "whatever" would get you a smack in the Scooterbug house. So dismissive and rude. Especially coming from a teenager at the end of a lecture. 😀

Most grammatical errors and trite/incorrectly used phrases bother me, but "like" really drives me nuts - especially when it is used multiple times in a sentence. :bang:

I really like, "What it is is......"

I really do not like, "Net-Net" and "Win-Win." For some reason those always really annoy me from corporate America......maybe it's just corporate America that is annoying. Who knows????? 😀

Here is another one that puzzle me... "yeah, I know, right?"

Is it a question or a statement? Typically said by people under 25.

Yeah, no.

Sorry guys- I love it. To me it means stuff that you can't change so why waste the time/energy on it. The choice is adapt or lose your mind over it, so adapting is the preferred option.

I agree. It's a grown-up version of "get over it." It would be one of those things in the serenity prayer that we cannot change, so move on.

I don't mind any of them as long as they're used correctly and not for the sake of filling dead air.

(I really hate "think outside the box." I'd rather we change it to "color outside the lines.")

What does that really mean?:bang:

It's "que sera sera" in the present tense.

Thank you. This is on my top three annoying sayings list!

Whatever.

:funn:
Just saw on the news the other day that "it is what it is" ranked in the top five most dislike sayings. "Whatever" was also in there.

It is what it is, in real estate terms, simply means that if buyers are willing to pay no more $425,000 for a house, and a seller won't sell for less than $525,000, the house is only worth $425,000, and no more, regardless of what the "seller" (real name - "owner') wants to get for it -- in other words, "it is what it is," and as Rick says, "and it ain't what it ain't."

It probably stems from Buddism, where a rock is simply a rock.

Here is another one that puzzle me... "yeah, I know, right?"

Is it a question or a statement? Typically said by people under 25.

So you believe it is a statement, eh? :funn:

It means it's no longer what it was :cool:

Ed Zachery! "Now" no longer exists. :idontno:I mean, there is nothing other than "now," but now is ever-changing and you cannot stop it.

How about the saying (you know what I mean) now to me that is annoying!!!

How about the saying (you know what I mean) now to me that is annoying!!!

yeah, I know, right?

Reminds me of something I heard Paul Harvey say: He said that on a previous broadcast he had asserted that while mathematically two negatives equaled a positive, two positives never yielded a negative. One of his listeners emailed him and said, "Yeah, right."